Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’

by JAMES ZUMWALT Mar 2015 Long forgotten by now is the international incident that presented the Obama administration with its first foreign policy challenge — a coup in Honduras that ousted its president. It is worth revisiting what happened there as the actions giving rise to the forced removal of its president are eerily similar

by LT. COLONEL JAMES G. ZUMWALT, USMC (RET) March 10, 2015 And the envelope, please… The Academy Award for best theatrical performance during a speech before a joint session of Congress goes to…Nancy Pelosi! As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before Congress making the case for preventing Iran from becoming nuclear-armed, it was embarrassing

by LT. COLONEL JAMES G. ZUMWALT, USMC (RET) Michelle Obama decided to use her position as First Lady to focus on the issue of childhood obesity. To her credit, she launched an effort to impose strict nutritional standards for school lunch programs. This led to legislation known as the “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010,”

BREITBART by JAMES ZUMWALT Feb 2015 Speaking at an Iranian-American Community symposium, an obviously frustrated former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani posed a rhetorical question to his audience. Citing attack after attack in which Westerners have been murdered–from 9/11 to Fort Hood to Paris–Giuliani noted each involved “a movement the president of the United

BREITBART by JAMES ZUMWALT 18 Feb 2015 If he ever took leadership classes in college, President Obama’s performance in office clearly suggests he slept through them. But his recent statements concerning the Crusades suggest he slept through history and religion classes as well. The President’s comments at the National Prayer Breakfast demonstrate no historical understanding

BREITBART CALIFORNIA by JAMES ZUMWALT 5 Feb 2015 Obama’s legacy–absent a major shift in foreign policy–is clearly established. Taking editorial license with Winston Churchill’sfamous quote lauding Royal Air Force pilots in World War II for defeating Germany’s Luftwaffe and applying it to Obama and his leadership team: “Never in the field of human conflict has

by LT. COLONEL JAMES G. ZUMWALT, USMC (RET) by LT. COLONEL JAMES G. ZUMWALT, USMC (RET)As a famous nighttime World War II naval battle raged in the Pacific, a U.S. destroyer was in imminent danger. Its captain was multi-tasking, simultaneously driving the ship while directing fire at enemy targets. It was a recipe for disaster-the equivalent

by LT. COLONEL JAMES G. ZUMWALT, USMC (RET) If “men are from Mars, women from Venus,” on what planet does President Obama reside? Listening to his January 20th State of the Union (SOTU) address makes one wonder. The planet Obama described was one of stability as his leadership has succeeded in degrading ISIS and putting

by LT. COLONEL JAMES G. ZUMWALT, USMC (RET) In the 1992 movie “A Few Good Men,” a heated courtroom exchange occurred between two main characters-Tom Cruise playing Navy JAG Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee and Jack Nicholson playing hardened Marine Colonel Nathan Jessep-as Kaffee questioned Jessep on the death of an enlisted Marine. Colonel Jessep’s response to

When a family member or friend engages in behavior destructive to himself and/or those around him, counseling is required. When the offender ignores it, suggesting a serious problem exists, a much more aggressive approach-“intervention”-is demanded.On the evening of November 4th, President Obama underwent an intervention-yet it failed to have the desired effect. The seriousness of